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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 9 | Issue 5
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 22 September to 27 September 2025
29th Sep 2025
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From Bar to Bench
In the recent Constitution Bench case, a wider concern about the quality of the district judiciary lies behind the semantic wrangling
29th Sep 2025
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The next eight Chief Justices of India: 2025 to 2033
If the seniority principle is followed, these eight Judges will lead the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice till 2033
25th Sep 2025
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Why did Reliance’s Vantara get a clean chit in the SC?
The Bench had “no hesitation” in accepting the conclusions in the SIT’s sealed cover report but its directions raise further questions
24th Sep 2025
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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 9 | Issue 4
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from September 2025
22nd Sep 2025
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Umar Khalid’s Bail Application Tracker
Tracking activist Umar Khalid's bail applications in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India
22nd Sep 2025
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Supreme Court Issues notice in Umar Khalid’s plea for bail
Umar Khalid has been in custody since September 2020 over conspiracy charges in the 2020 Delhi riots, with repeated rejection of bail pleas
22nd Sep 2025
From the editor's desk
The differential levels of scrutiny the Court applies to studies on caste vis-a-vis economic backwardness may have deep and abiding implications for how affirmative action policies are crafted in the future, and is especially prescient in a situation where challenges to EWS reservations remain pending.
The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
Studies examining caste-based backwardness have a higher bar to pass than those studying backwardness within the ‘general category'.
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Can the Supreme Court Provide Reservations for Orphans?
With the petition seeking orphans to be identified as a backward class, are we moving away from a caste centric definition of backwardness.
8th Jun 2021
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Part I—The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
There is a marked difference in the methodology employed by the Mandal and Major Sinho Commissions in studying backwardness.
11th Jan 2022
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SC Offers Hope for OBC Reservations in Maharashtra Municipal Elections
The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.
20th Jan 2022
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Medical Students Relieved as SC Issues Order in PG NEET Case
DESK BRIEF: The SC issued an Order allowing the Union to immediately commence counselling for admissions to postgraduate medical programmes.
8th Jan 2022
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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022